Business Excellence Manager

Job Description:

Manager Business Excellence Job Description

Manager - Business Excellence, provides accurate and timely consolidated financial analyses for product initiatives, product roadmaps, and product P&L on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis rolling up to Nextracker business financial plan to support go / no-go business plan decisions and product initiatives and prioritization. Work with Finance on how product initiatives affect the company’s business plan over time. Provides direct contribution to teams according to established policies and goals. Demonstrates skills in guiding and/or facilitating.

Work as a change agent and drive product cost reduction activities.

In charge of eliminating waste and creating value by reducing variation in the processes to achieve sustainable results throughout the organization.

Utilize Continuous Improvement techniques, initiate process improvements, cycle time reductions, cost reductions and other activities aimed at reducing / eliminating non-value-added activities in the process.

Diligently participate in the selection and executions of cost reduction initiatives.

Preparing monthly analysis on tracker product initiatives aligning with impact on Nextracker’s company financial plan

Participating on various cross functional finance product led process improvement activities and other special projects

Review and analyze product P&L’s and align analysis with Nextracker’s business plan.

Coordinate and perform monthly, quarterly, and annually product initiatives, product roadmaps, and product P&L budgets/forecasts, including analysis to prior budget/forecast and preparation of cause of change explanations

Work closely with cross functional teams to share best practices and identify areas for simplification

Support monthly measurement of product cost reduction targets vs. actuals working cross functionally with finance, supply chain, product team, and other involved departments.

Analyze monthly results, provide variance explanations around product costing and product cost roadmaps

Prepare and communicate monthly reports for departmental heads

Bachelor's degree in Engineering. Preferred Industrial Engineering.

MBA – Finance or a related field.

Black Belt on Lean, Six Sigma will be an added advantage

10+ years of experience in financial / cost planning, analysis, and modeling.

Ability to define projects and goals to resolve by collecting data, establishing facts and Implement methodology to resolve and sustain.

Management skills and technical experience on Finance, Supply chain and Operations activities.

Ability to present financial information to a non-financial audience.

Working knowledge of financial strategies.

Strong organizational and multitasking skills.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

Detail-oriented and able to perform in a high-pressure environment.

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, NetSuite, and related financial systems.

Salesforce and Anaplan experience a plus.

At Nextracker, we are leading in the energy transition, providing the most comprehensive portfolio of intelligent solar tracker and software solutions for solar power plants, as well as strategic services to capture the full value of solar power plants for our customers. Our talented worldwide teams are transforming PV plant performance every day with smart technology, data monitoring and analysis services.

For us at Nextracker, sustainability is not just a word. It's a core part of our business, values and our operations. Our sustainability efforts are based on five cornerstones: People, Community, Environment, Innovation, and Integrity. We are creative, collaborative and passionate problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds, driven by our shared mission to provide smart solar and software solutions for our customers and to mitigate climate change for future generations.

Culture is our Passion